Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!